The chart shows the percentage of women and men in one Asian country who passed when they took their driving test between 1980 and 2010. Summarise the information by selecting and reporting the main features, and make comparisons where relevant. You should spend about 20 minutes on this task.

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bar chart illustrates how women succeed in their driving license test compared to men in a particular Asian nation during the 1980-2010 period. Units are measured in

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, cumulatively females were able to pass their driving trial rather than males in the period given. Since 1980, both trends were more likely to rise until 2000 before both women and men passing rates experienced a downward trend and steady for women and men respectively in 2010. Starting at 48%, females' success rate increased by approximately 5% between 1980 and 1990.

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, the percentage experienced a noticeable increment up to 68% in 2000. The number

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slightly fallen down by 3% in 2010. The passing rate of males was always below half of them. Ranging from 28% up to 49%, since 1980 the males' pass rate was gradually upward by around 10-12% every tenth year until 2000. After reaching a peak of 49% in 2000, the percentage

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remain steady precisely at the same number until the

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period.